The politics and poetry of Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa: How an ancient epic shapes Indian ...
Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...
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India’s pathshalas were inclusive institutions. Dalits, Brahmins studied together
Presenting rich archival evidence and data on 16,000 indigenous schools in British India, historian Parimala V Rao asserted ...
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Brahmins didn’t always wear the sacred thread. They adopted it at the start of the Common Era
Brahmin theologians began to compose texts ... Most history books on ancient India and introductions to Hinduism portray the concept of twice-born as an integral part of the varna system.
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The A - Z of Incarnations
Brahmin – Highest of the Indian caste order ... Mahabharata – With the Ramayana, one of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Maya – a Hindu concept meaning the reality that is ...